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A collection of Ron Rubin's published writings amassed over his decades-long career. This anthology provides an extensive look at the contemporary issues that have influenced the Jewish community. Topics include American Jewish political and social behavior, Israel among the nations, Soviet anti-Semitism and political and public personalities who have had an impact on the Jewish world.
These essays are based on contemporary fieldwork in Iran by scholars of Iranian culture. The contributors cover topics such as civil society, foreign relations, Islamism, religious-secular debates and women's issues. These essays challenge stereotypes that have developed about modern-day Iran.
Of the many Islamist groups that have emerged within the Muslim world over the last two decades, perhaps none has had so great an impact on Middle Eastern and International affairs as Hizbullah, the Party of God. This book serves as a pathway for understanding Hizbullah and other Islamist.
This work offers an introduction to the best-known antiwar movement in United States history, written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the movement. It examines how the activities of the movement affected the lives of most Americans.
Here are the principal texts for which Franz Rosenzweig initiated the project that would become The Star of Redemption. The book, with contributions from both editors, should provide a useful guide for those seeking an introduction to Rosenzweig's ideas.
Previously published by Atheneum in 1981, this is a religious chronicle in fictional form, with Hasidic rabbis as its heroes. Buber unfolds the inner world of messianic longing and expectation that characterized Judaism then and continues to characterize it to the present day. In the MARTIN BUBER LIBRARY series.
The idea of ""insanity"" pervades every aspect of our daily lives. Here, Szasz contends that the term actually functions as a euphemism for problems in living, as an excuse for crime and misbehaviour, as a stigma for invalidating adversaries - and, generally, as a metaphor and legal fiction.
This work tells the story of how George Mantello - First Secretary of the El Salvador Consulate in Geneva from 1942 to 1945 - defied censorship to launch a press campaign against the daily deportation of 12,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz.
This is the first time Eray's fantasy romance told on sveral different levels that transcend time, place, gender and even species has been translated into in English. In this enchanted space the boundaries between life and death, dream and reality, the here and there are all blurred. Eray captavatingly investigates the concepts of love, passion and loyalty.
Offering a view of Jewish society and culture, the essays in this volume shed light on a little-known chapter of Jewish history. Written by scholars from Israel, Turkey, Europe and the United States, it presents a broad historical canvas that brings together different perspectives and viewpoints.
This text examines the events at Waco, Texas from both sides - the ATF and the FBI on one hand, and Koresh and his followers on the other. It argues that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh, that it lied about what happened, and that the FBI was negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel.
Preventing sweeping human rights violations or wars and rebuilding societies in their aftermath require an approach encompassing the perspectives of both human rights advocates and practitioners of conflict resolution. This title includes essays that explore the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution.
A portrait of the intimate way in which violence pulls lives apart, of an American family caught on the stage of Middle East politics, and of the moral choices required in seeking justice.
Hilmi Yavuz is among Turkey's most celebrated poets. Containing English translations, this work offers a glimpse into the complex and expressive poetry of Yavuz, introducing traditional Ottoman forms and themes into a familiar poetic landscape. It discusses Yavuz's work within the world of Turkish poetry.
George Lockwood spent 30 years working for the Milwaukee Journal where he became the managing editor for features. Written from thie inside perspective of a newspaper editor and with the nostalgic tone of a man who grew up loving comics, Peanuts, Pogo and Hobbes is an engaging blend of the author's personal experiences with cartoonists and his discussion of the importance of comics.
This work offers an account, from the perspective of a young lieutenant, of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea.
TV on Strike examines the 2007 upheaval in the entertainment industry by telling the inside story of the hundred-day writers' strike that crippled Hollywood. The television industry's uneasy transition to the digital age was the driving force behind the most significant labour dispute of the twenty-first century.
This book explores the societal construction of "black-on-black" - referring to the 1980s when violence among African American perpetrators and victims increased. David Wilson shows how America imbued a process of violence with race and accepted it as one of the country's most vexing ills during the Reagan era and afterward.
Beginning with its antecedents in the melodrama and farces of the Victorian era, the subject of his latest Reader's Guide continues the discussion of the maturation of British drama into a theater of ideas and on to the vital feminist drama that is currently energizing the present London theater..
Undertaking a sustained interpretation of Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih's novels and short stories, this study focuses primarily on the ways in which his work depicts the clashing of Arab ideologies - that is, questions of tradition, modernity, imperialism, gender and political authority.
Mycologists Alan and Arleen Bessette offer a field guide for the identification of common edible and poisonous mushrooms of New York State. Written for readers interested in the safe collection and consumption of a variety of mushrooms, this book includes identification keys for each species and detailed descriptions of poisonous species.
As a master of realism, Jerome Witkin illustrates in his art the moral plight of everyday lives. His most complex and critically acclaimed works - intense, often disturbing scenes of the Holocaust - have earned him a growing international audience. This second edition of Life Lessons incorporates material from the past decade, including ten of his most important and provocative paintings.
Is art a matter of inspiration or learning? This text offers practical advice to young artists hoping to make the transition from art school student to independent artist. Topics include how to approach and deal with galleries and dealers, how to set up a studio and how to finance the transition.
An account of the history of the nation's largest public park includes how man's changing attitudes toward nature have affected our interaction with the park.
The literature of the Turks is among the oldest of living literatures. It has remained vibrant over the centuries and in various continents and regions. This issue includes the earliest Nazim Hikmet translations into English and Yashar Kemal's fiction.
The Journal of Turkish Literature encompasses the literary output of the Turks in Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and elsewhere.
On September 23, 1957, Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight championship of the world. Basilio's story celebrates the power of the human spirit to triumph over pain and self-doubt. This book tells his story which is a look back at one of the magical periods in sports history.
Encompasses the literary output of the Turks in Asia, the Middle East, the Balkans, and elsewhere. This issue includes articles about the origins of classical Ottoman literature and essays by Robert Dankoff and Dilek Dolta.
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